Sushil Chandra Varma (24 February 1926 – 6 October 2011) was an Indian politician. Sushil Chandra Varma was born on 24 February 1926 in

Khandwa Khandwa is a city and a nagar nigam in the Nimar region of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Khandwa district, formerly known as East Nimar District. Khandwa is a major railway junction; the Malwa line co ...

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...

and married Renu Varma in 1951. He attended the University of Bhopal and the

University of Allahabad The University of Allahabad is a Central university (India), Central University located in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. It was established on 23 September 1887 by an act of Parliament and is recognised as an Institute of National Importance (INI). ...

, earning an MSc in chemistry and a

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in sociology. He joined the

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in 1949 and held various posts in Madhya Pradesh and in

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. Varma was elected from the Bhopal constituency to the 9th, 10th, 11th and

12th Lok Sabha The 12th Lok Sabha (23 March 1998 – 26 April 1999), was constituted after the 1998 Indian general election held during February–March 1998. This was the second consecutive Lok Sabha, like the 11th Lok Sabha elections that did not provide the ...

s, with the first of those elections occurring in 1991. He was a member of various parliamentary committees and of the

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. He committed suicide in 2011, having suffered from ill-health for some years previously.

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